The Labor enquirer., 1887-04-30
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Absolnts ju1ties \ ths rieht Of evuzy
bsing. TAs Nv i u ftsc azd solsmn
szpgsssioa Il IL puhlis Vim, and 4 muet
b eq.l foR III. 6oGisly ought to favor
with I'll its povR Tie pcogzso of pubic
reasoas ond paaos insiTnet;on and rscrsa-
tioa within IL rsach a sviu cltissu.
Ihs psopas = u sovsesign. 0oven-
nenf b Ii vusk and II prupsrty The
pahlio funetionaEiss ass IL sesnts and
c@ssn and tAs people justly should have
IL powee vhn Il plsasss to revoke it,
nandAtogiss q rscal IT. ssrvanta. Ths
lav ean fufhid only what 10 hurtful 10
The psopls end oAn prescribe only what
= cssful Evssy NV which violates or
infrinsss The impsssuEiptible rights Of
nan q void.
In every just government the lav
Ought above Ill 10 defend public and in
dividual liberty aeainst the authority of
those that govern. Every institution
that doss not suppose the people good
and the magistrats oorruptible, i vi
cious No part Of the people can exer-
cise the power of The whole people but
the wish Il expresses ought to be ~
spected - vish Of . part Of the people
which d 10 concur in forming the general
win. Every ace against the imprescripti-
bic rshts Of man By whom soever ex.
srcissd, even IN The name Of the law itself
and within IL Sums h peescribss-svery
such aot isarhitzazy end void. The very
respcct due 10 law forbids submission TO
It, and Il the attempt b made to execute
such oct BY violence or BY arti6ce, II il
not only permitted but snjoinsd upon
every individual to repel such assault,
even By forca Resistance to oppression
u , necessary consequence Of the other
rights OF man. There i oppression
against the social body whenever one
alone Of it members b Oppressed.
There p oppression against every mem-
Der Of Il when the social body il oppress-
cd. When the government violates the
rights Of the people, insurrection i for
the people and for every portion of the
people the most sacrsd Of rights and the
most indispensable Of duties. When
the social contract fails to protect'a citi-
zen he resumes his natural right 10 defend
personally al his rights. In either Of
the two preceding cases, to subject 10
legal forms the resistance to oppression
IL the last refinement or tyranny, and ID
both Infamous and void.
XIV.
Public functions cannot be considered
- distinctions nor a. recompenses, but
a. public duties. Tho people ought -
far q possible 70 govern themselves with
out the interposition Of delegates or rep
resentatives. But when these repre-
sentatives are necessary they must be
selected by such system - will insure
their being real and not pretended mi
crocosms Of their constituents. The
crimes Of such representatives should be
severely punished. The people have .
right to know the operations Of theirdele-
gates, and it Is the duty Of the latter to
render to the people faithful account
of their behaviorA
XVI.
Men Of all countries are brothers, and
the people Of each ought to yield one an
other mutual aid, according to their abil-
'ity, like citizens of the same state. He
who opposes or oppresses one people il
the declared enemy Of all. Those who
mako var on n people To arrest the prog
ress Of liberty and to annihilate the
rights Of man ought to be pursued every
where, not a. ordinary criminals but as
social outlaws, assassins and robberI
Kings, aristocrats, tyrants of every de-
scription are beasts dangerous to the
welfare of mankind, and against them
should be raised the hand Of every man.
XVII.
The conditions which will establish uni
yersal happiness upsn earth consist in
the free enjoyment Of the natural rights
Of man, combined with the exercise Of all
his faculties upon the highest plane Of
mental, moral and physical worth. The
best guarantee Of the existence and per-
petuity Of these conditions is tho loftiest
possible elevation Of humanity. There
will arrive time. II progress be not i'm
peded, when governments will be useless.
To advance that time education seems TO
b. the main factor. Hence, what pro
vents or oonstrains tho spread Of intelli.
gsnce Il tyrannous and unjust.